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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Washington Post acts like magnet acceptance is some kind of "perk".

[b][u]The purpose of the magnet programs is to serve those students whose needs would not be met by the standard curriculum.[/u] [/b]

Is there [b]any[/b] study or data indicating that the magnet programs have [u]excluded[/u] students who are now in regular curricula and frustrated that their schoolwork is [b]too easy[/b]?

And does that set of wrongly excluded students disproportionately include some particular demographic?  Where's [u][b]that[/b] [/u] data?

Collect that data, [b]then [/b]we can discuss whether the magnet acceptance procedures are flawed.[/quote]

Well when you identify [b]a whole slew of kids as gifted in 2nd grade many who are at the top of their class [/b]and the majority don't make it to the magnet its understandable that many feel like they are getting slighted and that they would be better served in a more challenging environment.  [/quote]

It is not possible for a "whole slew of kids" to be at the very top of the class.  Only a few can be at the top of the class.

They (or more accurately, their parents) may feel slighted that they didn't make it into the HGC.  But that doesn't mean that they should be there.  Its purpose is to serve students whose needs cannot be met at the home school.[/quote]

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